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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-82
Launched
February 11, 1997
Summary
STS-82 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on February 11, 1997. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 61st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,123rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 82nd Space Shuttle flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 357 × 586 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 7 crew members flew: Gregory Harbaugh, Steven Hawley, Scott Horowitz, Mark C. Lee, Ken Bowersox, Steven Smith and Joseph R. Tanner. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-82 launch (2-11-97)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 82nd Space Shuttle flight · 2nd this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 61st launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,123rd orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Gregory HarbaughMission Specialist · NASA · age 40 · 4th flight
Steven HawleyMission Specialist · NASA · age 45 · 4th flight
Scott HorowitzPilot · NASA · age 39 · 2nd flight
Mark C. LeeMission Specialist · NASA · age 44 · 4th flight
Ken BowersoxCommander · NASA · age 40 · 4th flight
Steven SmithMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · 2nd flight
Joseph R. TannerMission Specialist · NASA · age 47 · 2nd flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 9 days 23 hours
- Docked February 13, 1997 at Hubble Space Telescope
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Discovery (STS-82) · NORAD 24719 · 1997-004 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1997-004A
- Epoch
- 1997-02-11 09:42:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.33777319 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0167251
- Inclination
- 28.4729°
- Ascending node
- 121.0221°
- Arg. of perigee
- 51.5642°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.9766°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000001867
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Discovery (STS-82) · NORAD 24719 · landed February 21, 1997
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter (335-nautical-mile (620 km)).
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 99th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
148 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-82 launch?
STS-82 launched on February 11, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-82?
Coverage: STS-82 launch (2-11-97). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-82?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-82 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-82 reach?
It reached a 357 × 586 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
Which program is STS-82 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle